April 2022’s convoy was the weekend of the 22nd-24th, with a huge group making their way up from Cambridge, carrying all sorts of essential donations! The large turnout of almost 30 volunteers meant that the warehouse was absolutely full of life Saturday and Sunday with huge amounts of work being […]
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Ben reports on another successful weekend volunteering in Calais, where there is a noticeable and increasing presence of refugees from Ukraine.
Three months' supply of pants, paid for by CamCRAG, were delivered to Collective Aid in Calais this week.
This week we were delighted to give Cambridge Street Aid £4,600, their share of the amazing total raised at February's sponsored sleepout and winter fair.
In January CamCRAG gave £2,500 to the Ioannina Dignity Centre in northern Greece to purchase office equipment and furniture: The money has now been spent and the centre is providing its full range of services.
Ella, who has recently joined CamCRAG's fundraising team, went on her first CamCRAG convoy to Calais in February: A productive weekend of building storage, sorting blankets and checking tents.
Currently we are not sending material aid to the region and we are therefore asking CamCRAG supporters to continue to not give us any donations of clothing etc: But there are NGOs you can donate money to, and a petition to sign.
Now that we are allowed to meet in person once again, we have restarted and rebranded our Convoy Reflection Meetings, formerly the Convoy Debriefs.
CamCRAG's winter fair and sleepout last weekend were an amazing success, raising record totals for the charity and our partner Cambridge Street Aid. Over £3,000 came from sales and donations at the fair, surpassing previous years' totals, and over £18,000 has so far been raised by supporters of the sponsored sleepout.
We are delighted to have a new stock of bags and other crafts made by refugees available for sale at next Saturday's winter fair.